Your hard work is always rewarded

“But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.””

2 Chronicles 15:7 NLT

Lord I often don't get to see the fruits of my labor being a social worker because time passes and the outcomes of those I attempted to help are far from my reach. I want to continue to be strong and courageous for the work you have called me to do in my life. Help me not to be selfish, help me to push forward and have faith that there is always a reward I the end, even if I can't see it 

Seek God for his strength

“Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him.”

1 Chronicles 16:11 NLT

Lord I want to seek you each day and lay my worries at your feet! I want to know without a doubt that your strength will sustain me throughout eternity! I love that my relationship with you is mutual and as much as I yearn for your presence, I am comforted to know that you want me to call out and seek you 

Freedom wherever God is at

“For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

2 Corinthians 3:17 NLT

Lord thank you for freedom from every transgression. Thank you for a life filled with your Spirit

Determined to follow the Lord's steps

“We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.”

Proverbs 16:9 NLT

Lord I want each step I take to be made in the direction of your plans and not my own. Often I think I know what is best for my life and forget to involve you in my plans, so help me ensure that my plans involve your steps of grace, wisdom, and forgiveness 

Exhibiting unfailing love and faithfulness

“Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin. By fearing the LORD, people avoid evil.”

Proverbs 16:6 NLT

Lord I want to live a life free of guilt and shame! Help me see how unfailing love and faithfulness will bring me closer to you

Trust God's Word because it is everlasting

“Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.”

Romans 15:4 NLT

God your Word is living and breathing proof that your promises will withstand the test of time! Help me to follow the Word and understand all the promises written in the Word

Find rest in the Lord

“Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalms 91:1 NLT

Lord there are days I am so tired that I don't feel like moving forward. I want to find rest in your presence. Help build my strength to tackle each moment in life 

Filled with God's grace

“For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.”

1 Thessalonians 2:4 NLT

Lord examine my heart and ensure that my motives are pure and filled with your grace. Remind me that we all make mistakes and trying to live up to an expectation of perfectness is setting me up for failure. I rather just focus on you and know you better each day 

God will sustain you

“For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being. “But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.”

Job 12:10, 13 NLT

God we need to trust you in every moment!!! We need to trust you with every breath and know without a doubt that your wisdom will sustain me

The Lord is faithful throughout the generations

“Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.”

Deuteronomy 7:9 NLT

Lord you are faithful throughout the generations. Thank you for your promises  and your unfailing love. 

Lord guides and supports

“even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.”

Psalms 139:10 NLT

Lord I want to know deep within me that I can trust in your guiding hand and the strength of your love....show me ways to guide and support the same to others 

The Lord's everlasting love

“But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.”

Psalms 13:5 NLT

Thank you Lord for saving me with your everlasting love! I want to praise you all the days of my life 

Be Spirit led

“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.”

Galatians 5:16, 25 NLT

Lord I want to be Spirit led. I want my life to focus on you and your glorious nature. I want to live a life filled with your presence in each moment of my life 

Lord change me each day to be a better person

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Romans 12:2 NLT

Lord change me each day to be transformed to a new person that is pleasing and perfect because of Christ who lives within Me. Allow my daily thoughts to be fixed on you and my dreams to be filled with your Spirit of goodness 

Living a life faithful to God

“So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.””

Galatians 3:11 NLT

Lord God I want my faith to sustain your truth that we are made right in our lives through our faith. Help me live out a life faithful to your ways 

Freedom from sin

“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.”

Romans 8:1-2 NLT

Lord I am grateful for your promises, thankful for the living spirit that guides my steps each day. Heal me, protect me, and show me the correct path to take because you have declared that I am free 

Seeking God's perfections

“The one thing I ask of the LORD — the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.”

Psalms 27:4 NLT

Lord I seek you most, I want to put my focus on things that are everlasting. Help me find the perfections that only your life can bring. 

Keeping focused on God

“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!”

Isaiah 26:3 NLT

Lord I need your peace each day! I want my thoughts to be fixed on you and not of things of this world. Help me see clearly when my life is filled with fogged decisions 

Living God's commandments

“I will never forget your commandments, for by them you give me life.”

Psalms 119:93 NLT

Lord, remind me how to live by your commandments so I can live my best life possible. Show me your ways daily so I don't stray to live a life without you 

Standing firm with God

“Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.”

Ephesians 6:11 NLT

Lord we are attacked daily by the enemy.

Help me stand firm on your truths and stay focused on you!